Story Architect vs WriterDuet
Story Architect
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WriterDuet
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| Figure | Story Architect | WriterDuet |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.17/mo | $9.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 13 | 5 |
| Spec score · Writing Apps | 9.3 (#5) | 9.5 (#3) |
| Spec score · Screenwriting Software | 8.8 (#7) | 8.6 (#11) |
| Spec score · Script Writing Software | 8.7 (#8) | 8.6 (#10) |
| Collaboration | Creator includes real-time collaboration and review mode allows co-authors to comment, reply, resolve and edit notes. | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Import formats | The help page says STARC supports importing KIT Scenarist, Final Draft, Celtx and Trelby formats, plus TXT, ODT, DOCX and Fountain files. | Document import accepts Final Draft, PDF, Celtx, Fountain, text, DOCX, WDZ, RTF and JSON files. |
| Offline mode | Yes | Yes |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.2 out of 5 from 14 ratings | 3.1 out of 5 from 81 ratings |
| Rating on Google Play | 3.3 out of 5 from 281 reviews | 3.5 out of 5 from 1.06K reviews |
| Support | The pricing FAQ directs users to [email protected] for help. | WriterDuet directs users to its knowledgebase and [email protected] for technical assistance. |
| System requirements | Desktop downloads list macOS 13+ builds (with an older macOS 10.13 build), Windows 10+ packages, and 64-bit Linux distributions. | The FAQ recommends 8 GB of RAM and a recent operating system for smooth performance. |
| What it does | Story Architect is a writing environment for screenplays, novels, stage plays, audio plays, comic books and related story work. | WriterDuet is cloud screenwriting software for planning, writing, revising, collaborating and exporting scripts. |
Plans
Story Architect
- FreeFree
- Pro$4.17 a month
- Pro Lifetime$150 a month
- Creator$8.34 a month
- AI credits 50$10 a month
- AI credits 200$30 a month
- AI credits 500$60 a month
- AI credits 1000$100 a month
- AI credits 50$10, paid once
- AI credits 200$30, paid once
WriterDuet
- FreeFree
- Plus$9.99 a month
- Pro$11.99 a month
- Premium$13.99 a month
- FreeFree
In their own words
Story Architect
Story Architect is a writing app for screenplays, comics, plays, books and other story forms, organized around a shared project bible. Its Free plan allows unlimited projects and documents per project, with basic writing, character, location and world tools. Pro adds mind maps, an image gallery, presentations, a corkboard, a timeline and five AI credits per month when billed annually. The AI assistant can paraphrase, summarize, expand or shorten text, translate, insert text between paragraphs, or generate text from a prompt; these actions use credits. Creator adds real-time collaboration and 5 GB of cloud storage. Story Architect supports offline use on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. It imports KIT Scenarist, Final Draft, Celtx, Trelby, TXT, ODT, DOCX and Fountain files, and exports DOCX, PDF, FDX and Fountain. Desktop-to-mobile project synchronization remains in development, with manual file transfer documented instead. Pro costs $4.17 a month billed annually; Creator costs $8.34 a month billed annually.
WriterDuet
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